Door-post for cars.



F, C. CAMERON (it 3. MCMULLEN- DOOR POST FOR CARS.

' APPLICATiON FILED APR. a. 19's;

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FRED .C. CAMERON, F CHICAGQ, ILLINOIS,

AND JOHN MQMULLEN, or BUFFALO, NEW.

YORK, ASSIGNORS T0 UNION METAL PRODUCTS. COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINDIS,

A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

DO0R-IPOST FOR, CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Application filed April 3, 1916. Serial No. 88,690.

o Cook and State of Illinois, and at Bufi'alo,

in the county of Eric and State of New York, respectively, have,invented new and useful llnprovomcnts in Door-Posts for Cars, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to movable door posts for railroad cars, andparticularly to freight cars having door openings exceed im: the widthof the standard sliding car doors, and employing, in addition to thestandard doors, supplemental doors to close them.

The object of our invention is to provide a vertically rcciprocaole doorpost of novel construction which can be easily lifted and thorehyunlocked to permit it to be moved out of its operative position andswung up under the roof of the car and secured in this raised positionso as not to interfere with the loading or unloading of the car. This weaccomplish by the means hcreinafter fully described. and as particularlypointed out in thecla-ims.

In the drawings; a

Figure l is n side elevation of the broken away portion of a freight corembodying our invention.

Fig. 2 a horizontal section thereof drawn to a larger scale.

Fin". 3 is a transverse vertical section of one side oi said freight curtaken on dotted line 3- 3. Fig.1, and drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 4 is longitudinal vertical section of the some taken on dotted line4-4:, Fig. 3., looking in the direction indicated by the u r ro ws.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on dotted lino 5---5, Fig. 3,looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Referring" to the drawings, A represents the floor o; 21 our; B theside-wall thereof; C the roof oi the same. and l) the door open ingofgreater width to permitthe our to helm-dell will: lz1i'g ,..fi-cight.The sidewalls ll arc provided with the usual superposed plate In), whichhas a suitable Z-ber e secured thereto the. vertical web of which lapscgsinst the outer side of said plate, and

the upper flange of which laps over the top of the same, and the lowerflange of which projects outward over the doorway. This Zlmr has anangle (Z secured to the outer surface of the web thereof, and its lowerleg projects beyond the lower flange of said Z-burund overhangs thedoorway, substantially as shown in the drawings.

The our is rovided with the usual cer- I line 0 for the support of roofC,'3.I1Cl with a fascia b the lower portion of which overlaps the boltsthat secure the Z-bar, and angle (Z to plate E. H h

Our improved door-post is situated, preferably, nearer one side of thedoorway than the other, and the sill-plate 4 of said'doorway and thedecking or flooring. are recessed vertically preferably,

to one side of the vertical plane of this door-post and said recess is,

linedwith a inetal socket 5. The

lower end Slightly aloovethe. plane of the floor, to say, u foot of thetop ofthedoon opening, when iii its operativeposition, and its lowercast iron heel-7 secured to the side of tho wcl) thereof, opposite itsflanges by means of an attaching-plate .8, which is rivcted to said webzmd projectsdown below the lower end of the outer socket 5. I

The upper end of post 6 enters arectanguhu: pendent sleeve 9, and theupper and post and isadupted to of this sleeve terminates near theftopof the doorway and is provided with knuckles 10,

1O projecting upward and sidewise from its upper closed end that arelrnusvcrse shaft 12. shaft is suitably secured inn lug 13 projectingdown from the outer end of a. horizonlal attaching-plate forming an,extension 1+ of the flungcdlow'ver edge of the horizontulv arm 15 of abracket which is secured by riveting or otherwise to the inner side andto the recessed underside of plate The arm 15 of said bracket projectslaterally pivoted upon a The outer end of this in toward the center ofthe car, and its inner end has .1. downwardly turned lug 16 in which theinner end of shaft 12 is secured in any manner so as to preventilshaving longitudinal movement.

The broadside oi pendent sleeve 9 'has a longitudinally elongated slot18 therein, and a pin 19 projecting laterally from the Web wit 1 andprojecting from sleeve 9 at a suit able point alongside of slot 18. Thebranch of this rocking-bar, opposite that engaged by pin 19, has acorresponding'longitudinally elongated slot 23 therein, and this slot isengaged by a pin projecting from the lower end of a vertically disposedreciprocable bolt 25. This bolt extends vertically up, through aguide-1n 31 projecting from the narrow side or e ge of sleeve 9, andwhen the post is in its vertical operative position the bolt will beshot upward and engage a lug'27 depending from extension 14 of bracket15 in the vertical plane of the inner face of plate E.

In its operative position, heel 7 of the post Willrest in socket 5, theupper end of the post will be at the lower limit of its position insleeve 9, and the upper reciprocable bolt will engage lug 27. In orderto move said post out of the way, when it is desired to use the fullwidth of the door- ;way for the introduction into the car of largefreight, a handle 28 th'at consists of a horizontal bolt connecting andbridging the spacebetween the flanges of the post nearer its lower end,is grasped and the 0st lifted vertically until stationary bolt is liftedout of socket 5. This vertical movement of the post, through the mediumof rocking-bar 21, causes bolts 25 to withdraw from engagement with lug27 and permits the said post to be swung on shaft 12 into or toward ahorizontal position, and then moved laterally on said shaft from thedoorway, and when it has reached this position to be engaged by a hook(not shown) secured to and depending from one of the carlines of thecar, or other part of the roof structure.

I When the post hasbeen lowered and secured in its vertical position inthe manner hereinbefore stated, doors w and m can be closed byslidingthem toward each other until the opposed edges thereof strike avertically disposed jamb-plate 32 secured to and projecting from theoutwardly proj ecting leg of a vertically disposed angle 30, which isriveted or otherwise secured to the outer edge of the lower portion ofthe post,

which angle constitutes the jamb for said doors. vWhen thus closed thedoors can be secured together by any suitable means.

I What we'claim' as newis:

1. A car having an enlarged doorway, and doors therefor, in combinationwith a vertical post the heel of which is adaptedto be secured to thesill of said doorway, a

sleeve pivoted at its upper end adjacent the top of said doorway inwhich the upper which said sleeve is votally mount movable the rd thecenter end of said post is reciprocable; said post being adapted to beraised vertically out of said recess and swung on the pivot of saidsleeve into a horizontal position, and means for retaining it in ahorizontal position.

2. A car having an enlarged doorway, and doors therefor, incombination'with vertical post the heel of which is adapted to besecured to the sill of'said doorway, a pond ent sleeve in which theupper end of said post is reciprocable, a transverse shaft on which theupper end of said sleeve is loosely mounted; said post being movablevertically to lift its heel out of said recess and adapted to be swungupward on the axis of said shaft and moved toward thecenter or" the car,and means for'retaining it in a horizontal position. i

3. A car having an enlarged doorway, and doors therefor, in combinationwith. a vertical post the heel of which adapted to be secured to thesill of said doorway a l which has a vertically rcciprocabie incementand can be swung into a horizontal position from a pivotal centeradjacent its upper end, an automatically reciprocabie bolt for securingthe upperend of the posti which iswithdrawn when said post is movedvertical y and shot upward when said post is reciprocated downward, andmeans for re taining said post in raised horizontal position.

i. A car having an enlarged doc 'way, and doors therefor, in combinationwith a vertical post the heel of which is adapted to be secured to thesill of said doorway, a sleeve pivoted at its upper end adjacent the topof said doorway in which the upper end of said post is reciprocable;said post be H adapted to be raised vertically out of s id recess andswung on the pivot of said sleeve into a horizontal position, anautomatically reciprocable bolt slidably moire-ted on said sleeve andadapted to be shot downward when said post is moved vertically upward le and shot upward. when said post is rccip ocated downward, and meansfor retaining it in a horizontal position.

5. A car having an enlarged do and doors therefor, in combination avertically reciprocable post the heel of which is adapted to engage arece s in the sill of said doorway, a pendent "leave which the upper endof said pus scopic movement, a transverse s i car, Li means actuatedsaid bolt downwai upward, and vic v 6. A car hat cai'ilc bolt,

for shoe sill of said doorway, a pendent sleeve pivotally supported atits upper end in which the upper end of said post has telescopicmovement, and which has a longitudinal slot therein, a pin projectinlaterally from the post out through said s ot, a longitudinallyreciprocable bolt carried by said sleeve, a rocking-member fulcrmnedmediate its ends to said sleeve and adapted to transmit the reciprocablemotion of said. post to said bolt.

7. A car having an enlarged door opening, and doors therefor, incombination with a vertically rcoiprocable door post the heel of whichis adapted to engage a recess in the sill of said doorway, a pendentsleeve in which the upper end of said post has tele- 'scopic movement, atransverse shaft on which said sleeve is pivotally mounted, a

- transverse bracket secured above saiddoorway in downwardly projectingend lugs of which said shaft is secured, a lug projecting downwardtherefrom mediate said end lugs,

a longitudinally reciprocable bolt carried by said sleeve and adaptedwhen said post is moved vertically downward to engage said mediallyplaced lug and when said post is FRED C. CAMERON. JOHN MCMULLEN.

Witnesses:

S. H. MIoHAnL-s, C. W. COURT, FRANK D. THoMAson FLORENCE MITCHELL

